Double top.



G. PHILIPPART.

DO UBLEJIOP. Ammon-Ion mmh JUNE 22, 190s.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

GUSTAV PHILIPPART, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

DoUBLE T01.

To all'whoni 'it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, GUsTAvE PHILIPPART,

`subject of the King of Belgium, residing at '8 Rue Mayran, Paris, in the Republic of France, have invented new and useful yImrovements in Double Tops, of which the ollowing isa specification.

The present invention relates to double headed spinning tops, particularly to that ktirlid of top s known under the name of Di-- a e. y

Ex ressed in general terms, the invention inclu es two cone shaped members with means for iirmly securing thesame together,

and the object of the invention is to improve the detailed construction of tops of this character, the novel features of the invention beino fully hereinafter explained and articular y dened in the claim appende at the foot hereof.

The invention is illustrated in detail in the accompanying drawin wherein'the ligure represents a longitu inal sectional view, partly in elevation, of the invention. ,v

- As illustrated in the drawing the invention embodies a pair of cone shaped members l, which are preferably hollow and may be made of ansuitable material, such as cellu-Y `loid,pul e leather, com ressed paste'board,

hardene rubber or meta each cone member 1 being closedat the base by a suitable cap 2, made of material similar to thatof which the cones 1 are made.

The form of cap illustrated, includes a ilat plate or disk, having a convolute edge aJ which is adapted to be closed over, and suitably secured to, the wall of the cone' member 1. Within the annular spacejformed by the convolute edge a I referably lace-a hollow ring b of india rub er or the iike, and reinforce the same by means Iof an embedded core c.

A completedtop comprises two cone members having their apices directed toward each-other and 'oined by a suitable connecting member. ach apex is rounded and is designed to snugly fit into a correspondingly formed socket provided upon the connectm member 6, the latter being preferably soli l Specicationof Letters Patent.

Application led June 22, 1906. Serial No. 322,803.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.y

except at its central portion wherein a bore is formed through lwhich passes securing means, such as a bolt 5, for securing the cone members and central connecting member rigidly together. y

Seated within the apex of each cone member l'is a substantially cup shaped washer or gasket. 3 -resenting a flat face against which is adapted to bear a metallic washer 8 lying under a nut 7 threaded upon the' end of the bolt 5. It will be understood that the bolt 5 is screw threaded at both ends and by tightening the nuts 7 Vagainst the metallic washers e 8 the cone members 1 are tightly drawn together and securel held in their respective sockets. By prov ding the gaskets 3, which are made of a somewhat yielding material, a

`very tight joint between the several members is effected, and the liability ofthe parts to become loosened is reduced to a minimum.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a double headed spinning top of the character described the combination with a pair of hollow cone members, of a central connecting member having ends designed to conform in shape to and embrace the apices of said cone members, a substantially cup sha ed gasket arranged within lthe apex of eacii cone member, a through and through connection passing through a bore.in the connecting member and having its ends projecting into the cone members, securing means laced on the ends of said connection and tig tly seated against the said gaskets to draw the cone members firmly together, a cap for each cone member having a convolutev edge adapted to be securedl to the wall of the cone member, and an elastic ring held in the annular space formed bythe saidcon-- volute edge. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' GUSTAVE PHILIPPART.

' Witnesses:

LoUIs GARDET,

AUGUSTUS E. INGRAM. 

